A coach with more than fifteen years' experience coaching prep school Cross Country and Track and Field, Mike holds a Sprints, Hurdles, and Relay Specialist certificate from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, in addition to a USATF Level I coaching certification. In four years as a student-athlete at Williams College, Mike contributed to six New England championship teams (indoors and outdoors), earned All-New England and All-NESCAC honors five times, qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships, and graduated as a school record holder.

As an undergraduate at the University of Maryland, Dennis was two time Atlantic Coast Conference Champion in track, breaking school records in the 5,000m run and 3,000m steeplechase, and was a four time All-ACC cross country runner. In 1984, Dennis represented the United States in the World Cross Country Championships. He took over as head coach of the the girls' cross country team in 2007, and in his first seven years the team finished 9th, 8th, 6th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and 1st again at the Division I New England Championships. He could not be more proud of his runners.

Mark Ott has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD from the University of Hawaii-Manoa. He previously taught at Phillips Exeter Academy, the Blake School in Minneapolis, and Punahou School in Honolulu. He is the author of two books, Sea of Change: Ernest Hemingway and the Gulf Stream (2008) and Ernest Hemingway and the Geography of Memory"(2010). He lives in Johnson with his wife and three daughters.

Entering his 25th year of teaching and coaching at Deerfield, Conrad has served as the head varsity boys basketball coach for the last eight seasons, and as a varsity track coach over his entire tenure. After a standout high school career in both track and basketball, Conrad graduated from Princeton University in 1989 as a two-time Ivy League champion in the shot put. At Deerfield, he has coached multiple New England Prep School champions in the throwing events. On the basketball court, he has helped Deerfield compete in NEPSAC Class A, one of the strongest leagues in high school basketball, while helping to develop players who have gone on to compete in college at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels.